AU499966B2 - Blooming control for charge coupled imager - Google Patents

Blooming control for charge coupled imager

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AU499966B2
AU499966B2 AU10086/76A AU1008676A AU499966B2 AU 499966 B2 AU499966 B2 AU 499966B2 AU 10086/76 A AU10086/76 A AU 10086/76A AU 1008676 A AU1008676 A AU 1008676A AU 499966 B2 AU499966 B2 AU 499966B2
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charge coupled
blooming control
coupled imager
imager
blooming
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AU10086/76A
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AU1008676A (en
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Pa Levine
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RCA Corp
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RCA Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N3/00—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages
    • H04N3/10—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages by means not exclusively optical-mechanical
    • H04N3/14—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages by means not exclusively optical-mechanical by means of electrically scanned solid-state devices
    • H04N3/15—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages by means not exclusively optical-mechanical by means of electrically scanned solid-state devices for picture signal generation
    • H04N3/155—Control of the image-sensor operation, e.g. image processing within the image-sensor
    • H04N3/1568—Control of the image-sensor operation, e.g. image processing within the image-sensor for disturbance correction or prevention within the image-sensor, e.g. biasing, blooming, smearing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L27/00—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate
    • H01L27/14—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation
    • H01L27/144—Devices controlled by radiation
    • H01L27/146—Imager structures
    • H01L27/148—Charge coupled imagers
    • H01L27/14887—Blooming suppression
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/60—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise
    • H04N25/62—Detection or reduction of noise due to excess charges produced by the exposure, e.g. smear, blooming, ghost image, crosstalk or leakage between pixels
    • H04N25/621—Detection or reduction of noise due to excess charges produced by the exposure, e.g. smear, blooming, ghost image, crosstalk or leakage between pixels for the control of blooming
    • H04N25/622—Detection or reduction of noise due to excess charges produced by the exposure, e.g. smear, blooming, ghost image, crosstalk or leakage between pixels for the control of blooming by controlling anti-blooming drains

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (AREA)
  • Transforming Light Signals Into Electric Signals (AREA)
  • Solid State Image Pick-Up Elements (AREA)
AU10086/76A 1975-01-13 1976-01-07 Blooming control for charge coupled imager Expired AU499966B2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US05/540,436 US3931465A (en) 1975-01-13 1975-01-13 Blooming control for charge coupled imager
USUS540436 1975-01-13

Publications (2)

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AU1008676A AU1008676A (en) 1977-07-14
AU499966B2 true AU499966B2 (en) 1979-05-10

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Country Status (8)

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US (1) US3931465A (fr)
JP (1) JPS5346681B2 (fr)
AU (1) AU499966B2 (fr)
CA (1) CA1049122A (fr)
DE (1) DE2600962C3 (fr)
FR (1) FR2297532A1 (fr)
GB (1) GB1529501A (fr)
NL (1) NL7600261A (fr)

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DE2600962C3 (de) 1978-06-01
DE2600962B2 (de) 1977-10-20
GB1529501A (en) 1978-10-25
AU1008676A (en) 1977-07-14
JPS5195722A (fr) 1976-08-21
NL7600261A (nl) 1976-07-15
DE2600962A1 (de) 1976-07-15
CA1049122A (fr) 1979-02-20
FR2297532A1 (fr) 1976-08-06
FR2297532B1 (fr) 1979-04-20
US3931465A (en) 1976-01-06
JPS5346681B2 (fr) 1978-12-15

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